Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

Unisn was . msnifestaEion of sectional
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ExEmpress Euzezie h at Naples nurs-
IEg the wounded soldiers who have bssn
hroushs fhere from the soudAn-
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The four eldest military eGicers IN the /
world are saia 70 Be Emperor william. |
Count Won Molfke. General W. 5. Haz-
neg. q. q A. and Colonel = 9. W. Butier.
a g. Lsuis.
Mss Kaas TurnhalL Of waco. Texas.
wss recently married 70 seRor Pedro De |
Lesn. cf Monterey. Mexico. Nsifher can
spsak the language Of the other. The
wedding ceremony was performed with
the clip Of an interprete-, but enc c&nnOt
help wondering how they managed their
coo tship.
MrM Hssfy Green. the richest woman In
the Unitsd States. applied to Brown
Brothers. the New York bankers. the
other day. 20 transfer one million dollars
worth Of Reading bonds Co Philsdelphia
for her. whsn told that the charge
would be enc hundred dollars. however.
the thrifty woman stuffed the bonds back
intoher tstchel and left the bsAk. declar-
ing that she weula take them 10 Phila6el-
phia herself. Ard she did. saving ninety
six dollars By the operation. for the fare
for the round trip bssw eenNew York and
Philadelphia 10 ohly fOu- dollars.
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Michael Kelly. who was sentenced to
the Minnesota state prison fer Life for the
murcer Of Barney Lamb at 81. Paul in
1874 says that his vie committed
the murder while defending him. His
reason for serving seventeen years Of hiS
sentence without telling the truth about
the murder IL pathetieaIly stated. He
says: Il did not divulRe this fact ct the
trial, for had no fear Of being convicted,
a. / knew did not XIII Lamb. and yet /
was moved by more powerful incentive
NEST sacred to me. next to my God. she
was my wife. mother Of my children, and
I loved her" There ts wkels world Of
meaning IN these few words.
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DR. Thompson. 9 Waco, Texas. physi.
clan. while drunk pointed Q revolver ct 6
triene. II was ses identally dlseh' rged
the bal sing through his friends ab
domen Thompson in an sgony Of re.
morse begged those present to shoot him
a. be had shot his q lend. A bystandel
took him at his word, seized his revolvel
and shot him. the wou. d being very sim-
liar to that which had been inflicted {
few seconds before. Thompson fell and
expired in few minutes. This IL CASE
Of retrisative justice which goes too far
however. for the frat man shot is still
alive and win probably recover.
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We are In recipe Of the melancholy
intelligence Of the death Of the wife O
DR.. A. p. Mitten, of Columbia City, In
diana. In = bereavement like this
which has come to make desolate th'
bright and happy home Of our friend
the bitterness Of the heart is TOO great e
be cheered or corfortsd By the CONDO
lence Of friends-stilI we trust 1t IL not In
appropriate, to hsTe proffer our sympathy
to the doctor and assure him that the sor
row which falls upon him so heavily
reaches out to make dark the day fol
friends on this far away shore. True
brave men like DIR. Mitten pass through
deaths furnace of trial more fully demon
strating their real worth-ald come bach
from the grave of the loved one sadeensd
but proven men.
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The ranks Of labor are threatened with
new competitor. Il is suggested BY NJ
Victor Meunier. the French Psychologist
thst the ape may be trained in the per
foFmanca Of various domestic duties
fhIs would appear to offer solution Of
the hired-zirl question. N. MeuBisr fur
Their suggests that . regular coute Of IN.
struction would ht the spe 10 take its
place as an operative in many industrial
%, ablishments The French scientist
deprecates 90 much cheaplAbor ~ the
apes are capable Of furnishing being a..
lowed to run to waste. II may resdily b
believed that negro, Chinese and other
) cheap laber problems win sink int lnsig-
niacance when the ape enters the field Of
labor as an active competitor. There Il
no occasion for alarm. however NJ.
Meunisr merely offers . suggestion and
does not und srtake 70 furnish ape labor
ers wherever they are want d.
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| TIE most novel strike on record is now
on" In New orieanR where the gan blers
have closed their dens In . spirit OF pique
md . orce nou,ithing industry - par
lyzsd. New Orleans has bsen noted -
the gamblers paradise. where . man
could win or lose By any game Of chance
known 20 the sporting fraternity. The
gambling houses. which we're run openly.
were dazzling in their brilliAncy. and he
sight Of them would leave an everlasting
impression on one not accustomed TO such
scenes. The gamblers were required to
pay . monihly ssiTeod which went 10
support . home for the poor. A Grand
Jury recently uneArthed . law against
gaming which for seventeen years had
been dead letter. The gamblers have
been IN ictei and thu brilliant halls have
bean closed, the gsmb srs saying they
win not continue BUSH eaa N I'll they car
gst 9 clear unSersfanding Of the siius-
ton. In other words II the green cloth
has got TO retire 70 the ether side OF q
door with q sptiag lock on the inside. and
A sye-hole for the doorkeeper. the gam
hisrs want 20 know IL without more ado
TIE ofuntry can stand 9 good many
strikes sf this nature. and the more dis
. nsfled the gamblers became. the better
satahed win the public be.
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